Miciah Bennett

Miss Miciah and the cello guys

Unaccompanied Suite no. 3 in C major BWV 1009

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Bouree I/II
Gigue

A Bouree is a French dance that became popular throughout the 17th century. It resembles the Gavotte, a French folk dance, uses simple rhythms, and is danced in double time. The Bouree is the least rhythmically complex of all of the movements, but contains both an upbeat (the first Bouree) and melancholy sound (the second Bouree) with a small tempo change to contrast the two.
The Bouree has a da capo structure in which the first and second Bouree are played with repeats followed by and ending with a play-through of the first Bouree with out the repeats. The first Bouree of the third suite is played in C major, while the second Bouree of the suite is in C minor. C minor is the parallel minor to C major. In the keyboard and orchestral suites, Bach produced several Bourees influencing others, like George Frideric Handel, to do the same.
The Gigue is an energetic dance baroque dance with ties to the 15th century British jig, which comes from the French word giguer, or “to dance”. A Gigue is usually written in 6/8, 6/4, 9/8 or 12/16 compund metres. As the last dance of a suite, the Gigue has a fast and exciting tempo It is very rare for a Gigue to be written in a simple meter of 3/8 time, as opposed to a compound meter which has subordinate and principal subaccents to create a pulse. The Gigue I am going to perform is in 3/8 time.

Miciah Bennett